Studying Darwin

This unit brings together a collection of units from the OpenLearn site that would be...

This unit brings together a collection of units from the OpenLearn site that would be of interest to anyone wishing to study Darwin’s theory of evolution and natural selection and how his work has gone on to influence other work around this theory.

By the end of this unit you should be able to:

have an understanding of Darwin’s theory of evolution and natural selection;

Studying Darwin

Introduction

We have divided the collection under the following headings:

Evolution and natural selection

Animals at the extremes

Studying mammals

How Darwin has influenced others

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This material is from our archive and is an adapted extract from Darwin and evolution (S170) which is no longer taught by The Open University. If you want to study formally with us, you may wish to explore other courses we offer in this subject area [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .

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